Curiosities of ancient Rome (Other)
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Roman laundry from Pompeii
A photo from 1913 showing the exposed and cleaned façade of the Pompeii building. The building belonged to a certain M. Fabius Ululitremulus, who owned a laundry, where fullones worked.
Project of church in Colosseum
Colosseum is considered proof of the power and engineering genius of the ancient Romans. On the other hand, thousands of animals and people died in the arena of this monstrous building. After the fall of the Western Roman Empire, the ... Read more
Scenery from movie “Cleopatra”
The film “Cleopatra”, shot in 1963 by Joseph Mankiewicz, is the most profitable film about the Queen of Egypt. The film was shot in practice for three years and the budget was as high as 44 million USD. One of ... Read more
Bust of Vespasian with marked reconstruction
The bust of Vespasian, with the fragments of the sculpture marked in blue, which required later reconstruction. It is located in the Capitoline Museums in Rome.
Moralia – collection of Plutarch’s texts
Plutarch of Chaeronea (c. 50 – c. 125 CE) is a Greek historian whose most famous work is the collection of lives of famous figures of the ancient world – the so-called Parallel Lives. His other speeches and contents, collected ... Read more
Amazing exhibition showing Roman legion
An amazing exhibition showing the full Roman legion, made by Mules of Marius. The exhibition was in September 2015 at the Historisches Museum Regensburg (Germany). In total, there were 5400 legionary models on the board, with 300 different poses and ... Read more
Coronavirus in comic book “Asterix in Italy”
In recent months, the number one topic has been coronavirus, which has spread from China to other continents at incredible speed. Interestingly, this name was already known in 2017. In this year, no. 37 of the comic was published (authors: ... Read more
Marines in Rome?
Warner Bros bought the rights to create the film based on a comment by the user of the service Reddit – James Erwin – about American soldiers transferred to the times of ancient Rome. The film is supposed to tell ... Read more
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